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This week's Jellypark challenge is "Pinktober" -- to include lots of pink on our project. I printed out this sweet " Just for You " tag for use in a pocket card.  The pocket card is for a Hope You Can Cling To Challenge over on Splitcoast stampers. The designer papers are Raspberry Tart from Stampin' Up!   They really are a nice, coordinating pink IRL.  You can find the Trifold Pocket Card Tutorial HERE . Thanks for stopping by for a closer look! I hope you are having a creative week.

I hope you are having a fabulous Sunday! I am stopping in with a quick post for this week's Art Impressions Challenge - Perfect Papers. Our challenge is to use three pattern papers and/or textures. My card includes three patterned papers and several  different textures.  This "cool" little penguin is from Art Impressions called " Surfer Dude ". He was embossed with black embossing powder from  Close To My Heart and colored with Sakura glaze pens and Copic Markers. A layer of dimensional glaze was applied to the surfboard. The sun was die cut using fun foam!  Love the dimension it provides to the project. This bright, cheerful card is going to the  MD Anderson Cancer Center for patients and families.  The month of October is Breast Cancer Awareness  and Splitcoast Stampers is hosting a card drive for MD Anderson. You can check out all of the details on the   Hope You Can Cling To Challenge Forum . ...

I hope you are having a fabulous weekend! One more day and back to work for me. I am stopping in with a quick post for the  Stella Says Sketch Challenge . I bought this image from Bugaboo last year after the Hope You Can Cling To Challenge over on Splitcoast Stampers.  It's so perfect for this month's breast cancer awareness! The Unity sentiment  is a perfect compliment to the image. Below is our sketch challenge for this week: Thanks for stopping by for a closer look!

Happy Saturday and welcome to a new sketch from The Sweet Stop . In case you missed last week's announcement, this will be the final challenge for The Sweet Stop. I have truly enjoyed my time with the Sugar Babies. The inspiration that I have gained from the team and challenge participants has been truly invaluable. I will miss the design team ladies and all of you who have followed along! So, below is my take on this week's sketch using Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Landscape Silhouettes and Across the Miles This card is also going to MD Anderson Cancer Center as part of this month's Hope You Can Cling To Challenge over on Splitcoast Stampers blog. Just a few things to keep in mind as you play.... -You do NOT have to use Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps images to play along,     but we sure love when you do! ~You may flip or rotate the sketch, change or replace the shapes,  but please make sure the general...

Happy Wednesday! I am back with my second post for the day.   (that doesn't happen often!) I picked up a couple of free digital images from Paulette over on the Create With TLC Blog a couple of months ago. Today's Hope You Can Cling To Challenge was the perfect opportunity to put them to use. Our challenge today was to create something inspired by a fairy tale.  The Disney theme song kept running  through my head.... "When you wish upon a star..." When you wish upon a star Makes no difference who you are Anything your heart desires Will come to you If your heart is in your dream No request is too extreme When you wish upon a star As dreamers do Fate is kind She brings to those to love The sweet fulfillment of Their secret longing Like a bolt out of the blue Fate steps in and sees you through When you wish upon a star Your dreams come true Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you have a creative week.

Good morning! Hubby and I just returned from a visit with family. We had lots of good food, fellowship,  great memories! Thought I would stop in quickly this morning to share a couple of photos from the trip with my friends over on the Sassy Cheryl Show Me Challenge Blog . It rarely happens that all of the family is together at one time.   We had to preserve the memory with my parents, siblings and their spouses. My parents put out a Fall garden this year and they dug up their sweet potatoes while we were there.  I had to share this 3.5 pound sweet potato that they dug!  Yikes! My mom wanted to send it home with us, but I told her it might push my luggage over the 50 pound limit!  LOL! I hope you get a chance to play along with  the Sassy ladies this month.  You have until October 30 to post and share.... it doesn't have to be anything crafty, just what is going on in your part o...

Happy Saturday and welcome to a new Sweet Stop sketch with a Spin "Fall". Fall is in the air and I am getting a head start on my Thanksgiving cards. This week's card was created using two sentiments from Sweet 'n Sassy's " Autumn Bounty ". Just a few things to keep in mind as you play.... -You do NOT have to use Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps images to play along,     but we sure love when you do! ~You may flip or rotate the sketch, change or replace the shapes,  but please make sure the general layout is recognizable. ~Share a direct link to your creation, not just your blog Be sure to stop by the blog and check out all of the Sugar Baby inspiration!  Cathy McCauley ,  Korin Sutherland ,  Ceal Pritchett ,  Marlena Peduzzi ,  Melissa Shultz ,  Robin Parker ,  Stephanie Serrano ,  Ann Tuck ,  Debbie Owens , and  Jamie Moore .  

Welcome to  another fun challenge with the Meljen's Designs Team! Grab your favorite Meljen's digital image and join the fun. This week our challenge is to create a card with a hidden message or element. Here's my card using " Happy Fall Badge ": I created my card using a fun technique that I found on YouTube called Shutter Peek-a-boo card. The short instructional video  is by Stampwithheather. I hope you get a chance to play along this week. A couple of things to keep in mind as you play along this week: MelJen digital images are required to participate You will have one week to upload your challenge card to the linky provided on the challenge blog. Thanks for stopping by for a closer look!  Please be sure to check out the inspiration provided by the rest of the MelJen's Design Team .  We always enjoy reading your comments!

Happy Saturday and welcome to another sketch with The Sweet Stop . I am getting a head start on my Thanksgiving cards for family and friends. This digital sentiment is from Paulette over on the Create With TLC blog. Here is our inspiration sketch for this week: Just a few things to keep in mind as you play.... -You do NOT have to use Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps images to play along,     but we sure love when you do! ~You may flip or rotate the sketch, change or replace the shapes,  but please make sure the general layout is recognizable. ~Share a direct link to your creation, not just your blog Be sure to stop by the blog and check out all of the Sugar Baby inspiration!  Cathy McCauley ,  Korin Sutherland ,  Ceal Pritchett ,  Marlena Peduzzi ,  Melissa Shultz ,  Robin Parker ,  Stephanie Serrano ,  Ann Tuck ,  Debbie Owens , and  Jamie Moore ....

Hello again and welcome Friday! That mean's another Unity Friends with Flair Blog Hop. Here's what I have to share this week with you: A very clean and simple design. A very inspirational sentiment. Unity " Face the Sunshine "   This is also for the Hope You Can Cling To Challenge and will be sent to MD Anderson Cancer Center for patients and family to use. Thanks for hopping by and have a great weekend!

Happy Wednesday everyone! Sandy is hosting a linky party on the Crafty Secrets blog again this month.  I recently bought two  of the printable baby cards. This card is the Baby Boy Print-and-fold . This adorable printable is ONLY .99! Isn't it just precious?  I love the sweet Vintage images and font. It was so easy to put together. I printed the file and cut it out where instructed. After a couple of score lines, folding and added sparkle my card was complete!  WOW! Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great remainder of the week.

I have a project to share with the Sassy Ladies  over on Sassy Cheryl's Show Me Challenge blog this week. I bought these adorable 7gypsies shadowbox trays from my LLS - Stamp Attic and finally got my project together this week. I have literally agonized over the little elements for the three window boxes.  But after I picked out the  coordinating papers it all seemed to go together so quickly! I have created one for each of my nieces featuring a baby photo.  These were to be my sister's Mother's Day gift a year ago. Better late than never, I guess! I just hope she likes them.

I hope your weekend has started off great. I'm stopping by with a fun card for  this week's Jellypark Friends Challenge : Anything Goes. I used Claire Keay's adorable digital image  " Girl hugging Heart " from the Jellypark online shop. This sweet image was colored with Copic Markers and  fussy cut then popped up on a felt die cut circle. This card is also for Day 5 of the Hope You Can Cling To Challenge over on Splitcoast Stampers. Lee challenged us to use Pink Camouflage somewhere on our project. I created my own camouflage panel by using fun foam (thanks for the tip from Cook22 and MrsLaird), Spellbinder Heart Nestibilities and two Memento Dew Drop inks:  Angel Pink and Rose Bud. The digital sentiment is a freebie from  Create With TLC . I am also sharing this card over on the  Create With TLC Show It Off Sunday Linky Party. Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you get a chance to check out a...

Happy Saturday and welcome to a new sketch with The Sweet Stop. My card incorporates three Sweet 'n Sassy clear stamp sets this week Nature Silhouettes 2 Script Birthday Birthday Innies This card is also for the Splitcoast Stampers Hope You Can Cling To Challenge for Day 1. Our challenge was to create a card with a dimensional object shown through a shaped opening. I used a bird die cut from Sweet 'n Sassy's  Birds and Feathers dies on the inside of my card.  It was placed on dimensional foam after sponging the circle.  Just a few things to keep in mind as you play.... -You do NOT have to use Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps images to play along,     but we sure love when you do! ~You may flip or rotate the sketch, change or replace the shapes,  but please make sure the general layout is recognizable. ~Share a direct link to your creation, not just your blog Be sure to stop by the blog ...

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Welcome to Friday! That means a new Unity Friends With Flair Blog Hop.  {LOVE} For anyone new to Friday FWF, Unity hosts a blog hop each week and gives away two prizes. One random blog participant and one random blog  commenter will be chosen.  How fun is that? Earlier this year I purchased this stamp with the Hope You Can Cling To challenge in mind. It's on sale right now for only .89!! BIG, small.... ALL October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and all of the cards made for the HYCCT challenge are mailed to MD Anderson for use by patients and their family members.   How great is that?! Thanks for hopping by!  I hope you have a fabulous and creative weekend.

Welcome to another fun challenge at Meljen's Designs.  This week we have a great sketch challenge for your creative inspiration. Here's what I created using Meljen's " Harvest Cornucopia " colored digital image: Here's this week's inspiration sketch: A couple of things to keep in mind as you play along this week: MelJen digital images are required to participate You will have one week to upload your challenge card to the linky provided on the challenge blog. Thanks for stopping by for a closer look!  Please be sure to check out the inspiration provided by the rest of the MelJen's Design Team .  We always enjoy reading your comments!

I hope your week is going well. I am stopping in with a card featuring  a couple of digital stamps from  Create With TLC . The image was a follower freebie that Paulette sent to her blog followers recently.  Check it out and become a follower today! The inspiration sketch #176 is from Sunday Sketch & Stamp : Lastly, today is the first day of the annual Hope You Can Cling To Challenge over on the Splitcoast Stampers website.  If you have never participated  in this challenge, you can check out the details HERE . This card is for Lori Craig's challenge to create a card that shares courage and strength with either the color red or orange or a mixture of both. Thanks for stopping by for a closer look.  I always enjoy reading your comments and I hope you have a creative week!